The Merriam Webster dictionary has declared ‘they’, as used a pronoun for non-binary people, is their word of the year for 2019. The English-American dictionary added the additional definition of the word earlier this year, and have shared that searches for the definition have increased by 313% this year. Singer Sam Smith declared he identified […]
A teacher at a US high school has been fired from his job because he continually used the incorrect pronoun for a transgender student. People report that the Peter Vlaming, a teacher in Virginia, had been dismissed from his position after he told the school board that his religion did not permit him to recognise […]
The Australian Defence Force has denied claims by The Herald Sun that it has plans to ban the words ‘his’, ‘he’ and ‘she’ and ‘her’ from being used by personnel. In a front page story today the newspaper suggests that a guide to using non-gendered language and respecting pronouns of transgender people used in the […]
Sweden’s official dictionary, to be released in April, will include a gender-neutral pronoun, editors at the Swedish Academy have announced. In addition to the male pronoun “han” (he) and the female pronoun “hon” (she), the new gender neutral pronoun “hen” will take the function of referring to singular people who prefer not to use the […]
